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Re: Shmaltz and Patinkin
- From: Kame'a Media <media...>
- Subject: Re: Shmaltz and Patinkin
- Date: Sat 06 Jun 1998 00.28 (GMT)
Dear List Members:
Here we finally have it-- a Grand Slam:
A non-Yiddish-speaking "critic" praising a contrived, crass and
commercial album by a man who had to be coached in Yiddish
pronunciation (not being a native speaker himself) to a constituency
comprised predominatly of (you guessed it) non-Yiddish speakers! What
a joke.
This farce could only occur among Jews in our time.
Imagine Muddy Waters taking diction lessons to get that Mississippi
Black accent down. Or Hank Williams hiring a coach to better replicate
rural White Alabama speech patterns. Do you think they would be
embraced by any sentient audience if this were so?
Please. Take your time.
Suggested song titles for Patinkin's next album:
Yiddish versions of-
Easter Parade
Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer
Horst Wessel Song/Lili Marlene Medley
Agnes Naifish
Mack Shimoy
Staff
Kame'a Media
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